East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)

For other constituencies of the same name, see East Londonderry (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 54°56′46″N 6°57′11″W / 54.946°N 6.953°W / 54.946; -6.953

East Londonderry
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of East Londonderry in Northern Ireland 1995–2008.
Districts of Northern Ireland	Coleraine, Limavady
Electorate	65,233 (March 2011)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Gregory Campbell (DUP)
Number of members	One
Created from	Londonderry, Mid Ulster and North Antrim^[1]
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Northern Ireland

East Londonderry is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Boundaries

The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from the old Londonderry constituency. From further revisions in 1995 (when it lost parts of the district of Magherafelt to the Mid Ulster constituency), and until the 2008 revision, it covered exactly the same area as the districts of Coleraine and Limavady. The inclusion of all of Coleraine Borough means that part of the East Londonderry constituency is actually in County Antrim.

For the 2010 general election the East Londonderry constituency was formed by the following local government areas, as confirmed by the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituencies Order.^[2]

The entire local government districts of Limavady and Coleraine.
Banagher, and Claudy, from the Derry district.

History

The constituency has a unionist majority, though in many elections nationalists have polled close to 35% of the vote. The main interest in elections has been the contest between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party. The UUP were normally ahead of the DUP until the 2001 general election when the DUP finally overtook them.

The 2001 election was seen at a province wide level as a battle over the Belfast Agreement with the DUP opposed to it and most of the UUP in favour, however ironically this situation was seemingly reversed in East Londonderry, where the sitting Ulster Unionist MP, William Ross, was completely opposed to all involvement with the Agreement and its institutions, whilst the DUP candidate, Gregory Campbell, was a minister in the Executive set up by the Agreement. Many commentators joked that the DUP's gain meant that East Londonderry now had a more pro-Agreement MP than before.

For the history of the equivalent constituency prior to 1983, please see Londonderry.

Members of Parliament

The Member of Parliament since the 2001 general election is Gregory Campbell of the Democratic Unionist Party. In that election he defeated William Ross of the Ulster Unionist Party who had represented East Londonderry since 1983 and its predecessor seat of Londonderry between 1974 and 1983.

Election		Member^[3]	Party
	1983	William Ross	Ulster Unionist
	2001	Gregory Lloyd Campbell	Democratic Unionist

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: East Londonderry^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DUP	Gregory Lloyd Campbell	14,663	42.2	+7.6
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhe Archibald	6,859	19.8	+0.5
	UUP	William McCandless^[6]	5,333	15.4	−2.4
	SDLP	Gerry Mullan	4,268	12.3	−3.2
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	2,642	7.6	+2.1
	CISTA	Neil Paine	527	1.5	+1.5
	NI Conservatives	Liz St Clair-Legge	422	1.2	+1.2
Majority			7,804	22.5	+7.2
Turnout			34,714	51.9	−3.4
	DUP hold		Swing	+3.5

General Election 2010: East Londonderry^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DUP	Gregory Lloyd Campbell	12,097	34.6	−6.3
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Ó hOisín	6,742	19.3	+1.9
	UCU-NF	Lesley Macaulay	6,218	17.8	−1.9
	SDLP	Thomas Conway	5,399	15.4	−3.9
	TUV	William Ross	2,572	7.4	N/A
	Alliance	Barney Fitzpatrick	1,922	5.5	+3.1
Majority			5,355	15.3
Turnout			34,950	55.3	−8.4
	DUP hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: East Londonderry^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DUP	Gregory Lloyd Campbell	15,225	42.9	+10.8
	UUP	David McClarty	7,498	21.1	−6.3
	SDLP	John Dallat	6,077	17.1	−3.7
	Sinn Féin	Billy Leonard	5,709	16.1	+0.5
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	924	2.6	−1.5
	Independent	Malcolm Harry Samuel	71	0.2	N/A
Majority			7,727	21.8
Turnout			35,504	60.3	−5.9
	DUP hold		Swing	+8.5

General Election 2001: East Londonderry^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DUP	Gregory Lloyd Campbell	12,813	32.1	+6.5
	UUP	William Ross	10,912	27.4	−8.2
	SDLP	John Dallat	8,298	20.8	−0.9
	Sinn Féin	Francie Brolly	6,221	15.6	+6.5
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	1,625	4.1	−2.3
Majority			1,901	4.7
Turnout			39,869	66.2	+1.4
	DUP gain from UUP		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: East Londonderry^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	William Ross	13,558	36.0	−29.3
	DUP	Gregory Lloyd Campbell	9,767	26.0	+25.6
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	8,273	22.0	+1.8
	Sinn Féin	Malachy O'Kane	3,463	9.0	+5.6
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	2,427	6.0	−0.9
	NI Conservatives	James Holmes	436	1.0	−2.4
	Natural Law	Clare Gallen	100	0.26	N/A
	National Democrats	Ian Hugh Myddleton Anderson	81	0.21	N/A
Majority			3,794	10.0	−25.2
Turnout			38,102	64.8	−5.0
	UUP hold		Swing	−23.8

1997 changes are compared to the notional figures from 1992.^[11]

Notional 1992 UK General Election Result : East Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	N/A	23,287	64.9	N/A
	SDLP	N/A	7,134	19.9	N/A
	Alliance	N/A	2,634	7.3	N/A
	NI Conservatives	N/A	1,589	4.4	N/A
	Sinn Féin	N/A	1,261	3.5	N/A
Majority			16,153	45.0	N/A

General Election 1992: East Londonderry^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	William Ross	30,370	57.6	−2.9
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	11,843	22.4	+3.2
	Sinn Féin	Pauline Davey-Kennedy	5,320	10.1	−1.1
	Alliance	Patrick Joseph McGowan	3,613	6.8	+0.2
	NI Conservatives	Allan Edward Elder	1,589	3.0	N/A
Majority			18,527	35.2
Turnout			52,735	69.8	+0.7
	UUP hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: East Londonderry^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	William Ross	29,532	60.5	+22.6
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	9,375	19.2	+0.9
	Sinn Féin	John Davey	5,464	11.2	−2.6
	Alliance	Patrick Joseph McGowan	3,237	6.6	+1.9
	Workers' Party	Francie Donnelly	935	1.9	+0.3
	Ecology	Malcolm Harry Samuel	281	0.6	N/A
Majority			20,157	35.2
Turnout			48,824	68.7
	UUP hold		Swing

By-election 1986: East Londonderry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	William Ross	30,922	93.9	+56.0
	"For the Anglo-Irish Agreement"	"Peter Barry"	2,001	6.1	N/A
Majority			28,921	87.8	+73.7
Turnout			32,923	46.8	−29.5
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1983: East Londonderry^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	William Ross	19,469	37.9	N/A
	DUP	William James McClure	12,207	23.8	N/A
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	9,397	18.3	N/A
	Sinn Féin	John Davey	7,073	13.8	N/A
	Alliance	Martha Teresa McGrath	2,401	4.7	N/A
	Workers' Party	Francie Donnelly	819	1.6	N/A
Majority			7,262	14.1	N/A
Turnout			51,366	76.3	N/A
	UUP win (new seat)

References

↑ "'Londonderry East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
↑ OPSI SI
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2015/UK-Parliamentary-Election-Results/UK-Parliamentary-Election-Result-Belfast-East-(5)
↑ "Cllr William McCandless selected as Ulster Unionist Westminster candidate for East Londonderry". Ulster Unionist Party. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "BBC Election '97". bbc.co.uk. 1997. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Current Westminster Constituencies in Northern Ireland (18)

Democratic Unionist Party (8)	Belfast East Belfast North East Antrim East Londonderry Lagan Valley North Antrim Strangford Upper Bann

Sinn Féin (4)	Belfast West Mid Ulster Newry and Armagh West Tyrone

Social Democratic and Labour Party (3)	Belfast South Foyle South Down

Ulster Unionist Party (2)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone South Antrim

Independent (1)	North Down

Northern Ireland European constituency Sinn Féin (1) Democratic Unionist Party (1) Ulster Unionist Party (1)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Londonderry

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Coleraine (???–1800)
Londonderry City (???–1800)
Londonderry County (???–1800)
Newtown Limavady (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Coleraine (1801–85) Londonderry (1801–85, 1922–83) Londonderry City (1801–1922) North Londonderry (1885–22) South Londonderry (1885–22)

Current	Foyle (1983—) East Londonderry (1983—) Mid Ulster (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)

Second Dáil
1921–22

No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland 1921–72

City of Londonderry (1929–72)
Foyle (1929–72)
Londonderry (1921–29)
Mid Londonderry (1929–72)
North Londonderry (1929–72)
South Londonderry (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Londonderry Mid Ulster

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Foyle Mid Ulster

European Parliament
1979–present

Northern Ireland (1979—)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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